Saturday, March 14, 2015

6 de Enero 2014

Feliz Año Nuevo!

thats crazy to think
you are all suffering the cold. one member told us that the usa is freezing
with lots of snow.

for new years.
we went to a members house and ate dinner. barbeque! i have
decided i enjoy chilean barbeques more than usa bbqs. it consists of
veggies, choripan-which is chorizo with bread and hotsauce, meat, and rice or
potatoes. luckily its only a special occasion kind of thing.

then we went to our
apartment and watched the fireworks from our window and it was good. yay
new years!

ok...piece of good
news. a miracle has occurred in our branch. we have....a RELIEF
SOCIETY PRESIDENT!!!!! there hasnt been once since september. since then,
nobody really wanted to do it because sometimes theres problems here, but man i
am so happy! i know our new president with will be amazing!! plus
it will help because we are teachign lots of women, and always helps to have
more order in the church right?? seriously a miracle here!

dang. ok on thursday,
about 4 fires started near salamanca. one was right close in our area.
there was ash everywhere and it smelled like camping and smoke was all
over. crazy right? luckily we found refuge in the chapel because we
had our coordination meeting with the elders and our ward mission leader.
i sent pictures.

yesterday at church,
we had 50 people there! it helps that right now is vacations and new years and
all, but still, its practically a record for salamanca! ok maybe for
this year. 2 less actives from our area came! and one even bore her
testimiony. then we finally got an investigator to church as well!
unfortunately, alfredo didnt make it =(, but we have a new little investigator
named Favian. Favian is 11 years old and likes to play soccer with all of us on
pday. love Favian! he reads with his grandma, paola, another
investigator, the book fo mormon and they are praying. Paola cant read.
we are also teachign his uncle javier, but hes a little bit more
stubborn. hes extremely smart and loves to read which is AWESOME! he totally
feels the spirit too, but he also has lots of doubts. the good thing is,
they know some members as well, so that will be super good for them.

we fasted this week to
know whom of all the investigators we need to focus on to get them baptized in
january. we have an idea of who it might be.

also, cristina!
cristina is awesome. our colombian investigator. we are going
to bring lots of members with her. shes progressing little by little.
when we taught her with one of our members, she said the prayer, asking to know
if the bok of mormon was true and all. AHH im so excited! i love her!

to wrap it up, i
almost got killed by a dog. it was terrifying! we were
"alo"´-ing the door of an investigator, when we heard a huge noise in
the gates next door. it sounded like a bear fight. we saw two huge bear dogs
wrestling like crazy and biting. they both hopped over the fence that
protected us from them, continuing to fight. i kinda panicked for my
life, thinking they were coming for us next. there wasnt much time to think
except for,"God help us." luckily enough, the two dogs took off
running in the other direction. oh man. hahaha. terrifying this was.

well this week i can
say that i have a testimony of fasting. we have seen many miracles this
week and i feel extremely blessed! ive also realized the importance of being
firm with our relationship with God at all times, adn not only the times when
we are in need or are having problems. ive seen it with lots of people
here, and to be honest, i am even guilty of doing it, but we always need to take
the time for God in our lives and put him first and all will work out!

ok. new testament? im
a big fan. matthew 12. also the acts with all the missionary
stories. dang the gospel is the BEST!!! im so excited i have this time to learn
so much!!! ahhh but i have so much more to learn!!!

the language is going
well at least. i love having latina companions because i can finally say mostly
what i want in spanish. and now, the people we contact in the street no
longer say to my compaion,"she doesnt understand very well?" lol.
thats a plus.

my companions name is
hermana martinez, from buenas aires. totally forgot to introduce her on camera
on christmas....whoops. hermana bravo went to quilpue. its more
inland, closer to vina. im in the north interior.

mitchel
sleeping...lol. looks like chloe =D

tell aunt kathy hi and
that i love her lots! i hope all goes well with Jordans wedding!
tell everyone hi!

you should totally
send beef jerky. us americans have converted many latinos to this great wonder.
maybe fruit snacks or something. ooo pictures of nauvoo too! and anything
that could be a good object lesson. ask jenn! she said she had ideas.